Curriculum Information Term 3

Assessment information Term 3

Confectionary - focus is on the use of soft pastels and working on a large A2 scale. 

Graded: Emerging/Developing/Mastering/ 

Excelling. 

Continual assessment. 

Specific dated assessment. 

Curriculum Information Term 4

Assessment information Term 4

Confectionary - focus on Macro photography and the use of Acrylic paints. 

Graded: Emerging/Developing/Mastering/ 

Excelling. 

Continual assessment. 

Specific dated assessment. 

Curriculum Information Term 3

Assessment information Term 3

In Term 3, Year 9 Computing will focus on a single module: Web Development. This module will introduce students to the essential skills required to create functional and visually appealing websites. Students will explore key web development technologies, including HTML for structuring content, CSS for styling, and basic JavaScript for interactivity. By the end of the module, they will have developed their own web pages, applying these technologies to create engaging and user-friendly designs. This module aims to provide students with practical coding skills and an understanding of how websites are built and function.

Assessment will consist of short quizzes during lessons to reinforce key concepts and check progress. At the end of the module, students will complete a comprehensive assessment, including a practical task, to evaluate their ability to apply web development techniques effectively. These assessments are designed to build confidence and proficiency in creating websites.

Curriculum Information Term 4

Assessment information Term 4

In Term 4, Year 9 Computing will cover two engaging modules: E-Safety and Video Editing. The E-Safety module will focus on equipping students with the knowledge and skills to stay safe online, addressing topics such as online privacy, recognizing and dealing with cyber threats, and the importance of maintaining a positive digital footprint. The Video Editing module will introduce students to the fundamentals of creating and editing multimedia content. Students will learn to use video editing software to cut, merge, and enhance clips, add transitions, and include audio to create polished video projects. This module emphasizes creativity and technical skills, preparing students for digital content creation.

Assessment will include short quizzes during lessons to check understanding and reinforce learning. At the end of each module, students will complete a comprehensive assessment to evaluate their grasp of e-safety concepts and their ability to apply video editing techniques effectively. These assessments aim to develop students’ digital literacy and creative skills while promoting safe and responsible online behaviour.

Curriculum Information Term 3

Assessment information Term 3

  A Midsummer Night’s Dream

• Develop understanding of Shakespeare’s time and original performance conditions
• Build thorough understanding of key characters and significant moments
• Understand the ability to interpret characters in a variety of ways
• Build familiarity with Shakespeare’s language and how to use this as a foundation for improvised performance
• Continue to build a range of vocal and physical skills in order to create exciting interpretations of character

  Students will be assessed in the following ways: 

• Mid unit assessment, focusing on a range of acting skills and techniques.
• End of Unit assessment – focusing on a range of skills and developing target areas from previous assessment
• Verbal teacher feedback will be provided each lesson to support and guide pupils with practical work.
• Each lesson will consist of a range of opportunities for self and peer assessment to track progress across a variety of skills

Curriculum Information Term 4

Assessment information Term 4

  A Midsummer Night’s Dream

• Develop understanding of Shakespeare’s time and original performance conditions
• Build thorough understanding of key characters and significant moments
• Understand the ability to interpret characters in a variety of ways
• Build familiarity with Shakespeare’s language and how to use this as a foundation for improvised performance
• Continue to build a range of vocal and physical skills in order to create exciting interpretations of character

  Students will be assessed in the following ways: 

• Mid unit assessment, focusing on a range of acting skills and techniques.
• End of Unit assessment – focusing on a range of skills and developing target areas from previous assessment
• Verbal teacher feedback will be provided each lesson to support and guide pupils with practical work.
• Each lesson will consist of a range of opportunities for self and peer assessment to track progress across a variety of skills

Curriculum Information Term 3

Assessment information Term 3

In Year 9  students will rotate around 4 subject areas and IT during the year. Students spend approximately 7 weeks in each subject area and then move on. Whilst in each of the areas students will learn what a Design Brief is and how it applies in different material areas, what user needs are and how to meet them with the design of their product. They will be building on the skills from Years 7 and 8

Electronics: Students will make a speaker that can connect to a range of different items and amplify sound. Students use advanced soldering techniques to populate PCBs (printed circuit boards). Students make a laser cut box to house the speaker circuit and customise the casing using CAD.

Food & Nutrition:
In Year 9 students will learn about the value of Food choice and how it affects our energy levels. We revisit the Eatwell Guide and students are introduced to the 8 Tips for Healthy Eating. They will consider the factors that affect the number of calories we need and which types of foods are more energy dense. They will be looking at whole foods verses processed foods and considering the affects they have on our body in the long term. We look at the nutrients that different coloured fruit and vegetables give to us and how we can get the balance right in the Food choices that we make.
In the practical Year 9 will be making Plant-based recipes
Please note that all recipes and cooking dates will be on Edulink, we have also introduced a recipe book that they will be given at the start of their rotation. Students need to bring a container with a locking lid to take their food home in.

Product Design:
Students will learn about mechanisms in year 9, learning about linkages, cranks and sliders and cam systems, understanding what they do, how they work and what they are used for. This knowledge is then built on as they design and make a mechanical toy using a cam and follower system. Students will design a themed toy and select the most appropriate cam to provide the movement. This knowledge is aimed at addressing areas of the GCSE specification in preparation for if students opt to take a design and technology subject in year 10.

Textiles:
Students will be making a small drawstring bag Day of the Dead feature decorating the surface. They will look at key symbols and motifs found within the festival, using them as inspiration to design their own unique feature using layered stitched fabrics and drawing with the sewing machine.

In each DT area students will be assessed on and receive a grade for their Design work – during the rotation and at the end as well as their Finished Practical outcome. 

Curriculum Information Term 4

Assessment information Term 4

Curriculum Information Term 3

Assessment information Term 3

 9.3 Exploring Identity: Short Stories 

Students will read a range of contemporary short stories from international authors exploring different aspects of personal identity. 

  Formative: written questions on subject knowledge and an essay writing task. 

Summative: written questions on subject knowledge and an essay writing task.

Curriculum Information Term 4

Assessment information Term 4

 9.4 Exploring Identity: Narrative Poetry

Students will read a range of poems using different narrative structures (e.g. when a voice in a poem speaks to you directly to tell a story about their life). They will then use these as starting points for creative writing of both short narratives and poetry.

 Formative: written questions on comprehension, vocabulary and personal viewpoints. 

Summative: creative writing task 

Curriculum Information Term 3

Assessment information Term 3

 Our biodiverse World – tropical rainforests 

• Ecosystems/biomes 

• Characteristics of food chains and webs 

• Introduction to the tropical rainforest 

 Impact of Humans on Rainforests  

Curriculum Information Term 4

Assessment information Term 4

 Our biodiverse World – Cold places 

• Location of cold places 

• Adaptations of animals to cold places 

• Opportunities and challanges of living in cold places 

• Svalbard 

 Opportunities and Challenges of cold places 

Curriculum Information Term 3

Assessment information Term 3

Talking about the technology we use in a range of tenses. Giving opinions. 

Discussing the pros and cons of technology and social media. 

Cumulative scores from 5 vocabulary quizzes  

End of year tests: Mixed topics from KS3 and mixed skills 

Curriculum Information Term 4

Assessment information Term 4

Talking about the technology we use in a range of tenses. Giving opinions. 

Discussing the pros and cons of technology and social media. 

Cumulative scores from 5 vocabulary quizzes  

Reading/Grammar: Grammar gap fill questions 

Curriculum Information Term 3

Assessment information Term 3

 America in the 1920s 

Economic boom 

Henry Food 

Losers in the Boom years 

Stock market 

 Henry Ford assessment Qs 

Curriculum Information Term 4

Assessment information Term 4

 Life in the roaring 20s 

Women in the 20s 

Prohibition and gangsters 

Immigration and prejudice 

 Gangsters assessment Qs 

Curriculum Information Term 3

Assessment information Term 3

 Numbers - types of numbers, surds, estimation, solving problems, fractions, standard form, 

Percentages – review of previous percentages work, reverse percentages, solving percentage problems, repeated percentage change 

Maths and money – interpreting bills and statements, interest, tax, solving problems 

 W.C. 13^th Jan – on all content studied in term 1 and 2. Calculator test. 60 mins 

Curriculum Information Term 4

Assessment information Term 4

Deduction - angles review of previous knowledge, chains of reasoning, angles and algebra, geometric conjectures, 

Rotations and translations – symmetry, rotations, translations, multiple transformations 

Curriculum Information Term 3

Assessment information Term 3

 Jazz 

Learning about the musical features of jazz. Performing a ‘head melody’ from a piece of jazz. Learning about pentatonic scales and improvisation. Composing chord progressios. Learning how to construct good melodies over a chord progression. 

 Jazz composition assessment. 

Curriculum Information Term 4

Assessment information Term 4

 Video Game Music 

Scales and keys. 

Extending understanding of melodic structures. 

Learning how to harmonise a melody. 

Cadences. 

 Video Game Composition assessment. 

Formative classroom-based composition tasks. 

Curriculum Information Term 3

Assessment information Term 3

*Interhouse 

Hockey  

Trampolining  

HRE 

Gym 

Football 

Table tennis 

 * all students within the year group will participate within this activity. 

Verbal formative assessment of skills and knowledge and understanding in conditioned and competitive conditions. 

Completion of core task at beginning and end of block of work. 

Curriculum Information Term 4

Assessment information Term 4

*Interhouse 

Hockey  

Trampolining  

HRE 

Gym 

Football 

Table tennis 

Verbal formative assessment of skills and knowledge and understanding in conditioned and competitive conditions. 

Completion of core task at beginning and end of block of work. 

Curriculum Information Term 3 and 4

Assessment information Term 3 and 4

BIOLOGY  (3 lessons)

B2 Organisation

• Human Digestive System
• Enzymes
• Food tests
• Heart and Blood Vessels
• Blood
• Coronary heart disease
• Health issues
• Lifestyle and non-communicable disease
• Cancer
• Plant organ systems
• Transpiration

CHEMISTRY (3 lessons)

C10 Using Resources

• Sustainable development
• Potable water
• Waste water
• Life cycle assessments
• Alternative methods of Extracting metals
• Ways of reducing use of resources

C6 Rate and Extent of chemical change

• Calculating rates of reaction
• Factors affecting rates of reaction
• Investigations into rates of reaction

PHYSICS (3 lessons)

P2 Electricity

• Circuit diagrams
• Electrical charge and current
• Current, resistance and potential difference
• Resistors
• Series and parallel circuits
• Direct and Alternating Potential difference
• Mains Electricity
• Energy transfers in everyday appliances
• Electrical power
• The National Grid

All students will be set THREE Educake homeworks per fortnight (www.educake.co.uk)

, one for each subject.

These are always set on a Monday of week one and will be due in on the Sunday of week 2 (or the last Sunday of a holiday if it is set on the last fortnight of term)

Every topic will have a number of assessment points (roughly 1 every 6 lessons).  These are based on exam questions and are designed to help build students exam skills as well as test their recall on the topics.

Curriculum Information Term 3

Assessment information Term 3

Comparing Hispanic and UK festivals. 

Using impersonal structures to talk about how Hispanic festivals are celebrated. 

Using a range of tenses to say what you have, will and would like to celebrate. 

Cumulative scores from 5 vocabulary quizzes  

End of year tests: Mixed topics from KS3 and mixed skills 

Curriculum Information Term 4

Assessment information Term 4

Comparing Hispanic and UK festivals. 

Using impersonal structures to talk about how Hispanic festivals are celebrated. 

Using a range of tenses to say what you have, will and would like to celebrate. 

Cumulative scores from 5 vocabulary quizzes  

Reading/Grammar: Grammar gap fill questions